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Would allowing US car manufactures to stagnate w.r.t. fuel efficiency not just benefit their overseas alternatives? It seems to me that the more "keep America
by llarsson 7y ago
Would allowing US car manufactures to stagnate w.r.t. fuel efficiency not just benefit their overseas alternatives?
It seems to me that the more "keep America at the forefront" way to do this would be to demand much higher fuel efficiency, which requires expensive research that can only be done by huge and wealthy (US) companies.
You know, like what California seems to literally try to do (with a huge nod toward Tesla, I am sure).
California seems to essentially say that it is the law to buy high tech cars, which currently means American.
Why give that away to the competition?
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- H8crilA 7y agoFuel efficiency is a joke in American cars, excessive regulation would destroy the industry there. In most other countries people rarely get engines with over 2.0l combustion volume, sometimes as low as 1.0l. Fuel in Europe is already 2x more expensive because of additional taxes, Europe is a decade or more ahead.
- masonic 7y agoEmissions reduction does not necessarily mean improved fuel efficiency. California's insistence on oxygenates, for example, limits some emissions while worsening others and overall reduces efficiency somewhat... and that's not even counting the environmental damage of MTBE.